Raffaella Franci
PHOTOGRAPHER
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Raffaella Franci
PHOTOGRAPHER
Born in Rome, a daughter of art, she descends from a family of important musicians. She studied classical music, focusing on piano performance, under the guidance of her father, the orchestral and opera conductor, M ° Carlo Franci.
From a young age, she began working as a journalist for various Italian television programs and has made numerous documentaries for public and private companies in Italy and abroad. Additionally, she shot reports for the RAI International headquarters in New York. For 15 years, as an impresario, she organized concerts and large productions of operas with world-famous orchestras, conductors and soloists: "Aida at the Pyramids" in Giza, inaugural concerts of the 1990 World Cup, "Aida" in the great stadium of Singapore, " Beethoven's “Missa Solemnis ”in St. Peter’s Basilica, celebrated by Pope John Paul II, concerts at the Quirinale for heads of State, a tour in Spain of the National Orchestra of Santa Cecilia, and an Italian tour of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, to name a few.
Her many global journeys, over the years, inspired her to cultivate her passion for photography and, in every part of the world, including the underwater one, she has captured and photographed a wealth of precious moments, emotions, landscapes, places, and faces.
For the solo exhibition entitled "Two Horizons" she has selected sixty-four photographs from her considerable collection, shot globally over the span of thirty years. Set in the prestigious Angelica Library in Rome, the exhibition took place in the enchanting rooms of Palazzo della Corgna in Città della Pieve, in the Palazzo dei Sette in Orvieto and in the Palazzo della Cultura in Catania. Her works igniting great public interest, press, and the acknowledgement and appreciation and of important personalities of the art world.
Other notable projects include “Risveglio” (Reawakening) a series of photographs of archaeological finds from an Etruscan tomb in Umbria, a photo shoot dedicated to important international fashion brands, and “I colori del divin dipinto”, a project dedicated to Perugino on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the painter’s death.
